"I think it is an opportunity to really raise the standard of living here in the city of Watsonville," he said.

Katie Mahan, president of the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, said she was concerned that the city was rushing into the ordinance without having more dialogue.

"We're concerned about an ordinance that, by its very nature, is discriminatory," she said.

Coffman-Gomez agreed that the city needed more time, which is why she casted the dissenting vote.

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The Council also agreed to sell a piece of property on 190 Main St. to allow a developer to build a fast food restaurant.

According to Kurt Overmeyer, the city's economic development manager, Coastal Realty Investors purchased the property that currently houses the former Oda's barbershop, Caesar's Card Room and TV Repair Shop near the corner of Main Street and Riverside Drive, and have a tenant for the first phase of the project.

The vacant buildings next to El Pollero will be demolished, possibly in six months.

The developer plans to construct a fast food restaurant on the property, but which one is being kept under wraps for now, Overmeyer said, because a contract has not been finalized.